Nitish Kumar

Profession	Politician
Date of Birth	1 March, 1951
Age (as in 2022)	75 Years
Birthplace	Bakhtiarpur
Father Name	Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh
Mother Name	Parmeshwari Devi
Wife Name	Manju Kumari Sinha
Nationality	Indian

Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician; he is currently the Chief Minister of Bihar. He is holding that post since 2015. He was the Chief Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2014 also.

Early Life of Nitish Kumar

Nitish was born on March 1, 1951, in Bakhtiarpur which is in Bihar. He was born to Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh, his father who was an ayurvedic practitioner & Parmeshwari Devi. Nitish hails from a caste called Kurmi which is an agriculture caste.

He did his graduation from NIT, Patna in 1972. He started working in Bihar State Electricity Board but later joined politics. Nitish & Manju Kumari Sinha got married on February 22, 1973. Sadly Manju Kumari died suffering from pneumonia.

Career of Nitish

Nitish joined Janta Dal & became an MLA in 1985. Later in 1994, Nitish founded a party named Samata Pary. He was elected as an MLA in 1996 and served as Union Minister under the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Samata part later merged with Janta Dal & Nitish became its leader.

He became the Chief Minister of Bihar in 2005. He again became the Chief Minister with a landslide victory in 2010. He broke his alliance with BJP in 2013 & formed a separate party named Mahagathbandhan. Although he later resigned in 2014 when the party faced a terrific defeat.

In 2017 he finally returned to NDA. They won the 2020 state election & he became chief minister. But this alliance was short-lived and it was again broken in 2022.

Nitish Kumar Biography

Real Name: – Nitish Kumar

Profession: – Politician

Father Name: – Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh

Mother Name: – Parmeshwari Devi

Wife – Manju Kumari Sinha

Brothers: – Satish Kumar

Sisters: – Indu, Prabha & Usha Devi

Date of Birth: – 1 March 1951

Age in 2022: – 91 Years

Place of Birth: – Bakhtiarpur

Nationality: – Indian

Weight: – 75 Kg

Height: – 173 cms

Controversies

In 2010, Jamshed Ashraf was fired by Nitish. He later alleged that Nitish was involved in tax evasion which caused the state losses of over 500 crores.
In 2015, he came into an alliance with Lalu Prasad, and this move was criticized by many as he was against Lalu for a long time.
He went away from the NDA and BJP and formed his separate party but as soon as he saw a chance to form a government with the BJP party, he jumped and grabbed that opportunity. This move was criticized by many.